BlockPerkins, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the East Leon census division. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Perkins between 1992 and 2019, burning about 235 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 May 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | SCHOOL HOUSE RD (37) |
| 22 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (37) MAYLOR RD |
| 17 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) TRAM RD |
| 23 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | AJAX RD (37) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Peter | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Tallahassee | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Macon | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bridle Path Acres | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| El Destinado | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Four Points | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Knoll Estates | 5.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295532. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.